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FRIDAY, APRIL 82. 1981
NEARLY KILLED
ham r u n of the local club v u Tory
largely attended loot Sundoy, not
withstanding the iaelemancy a t the
weather. About twenty-five come ov Biff Awning Falk on Attorney
er from Marshfield, including several
Pulford—But n Step
ladies, end oil enjoyed the picnic din-
From Death
the passage of the a st of soagreed
providing for the payment to Coes
county by the United States of taxes,
interest and peaaltisa ea what Is
known os the Coos Bay Wagen Bead
Load Grant in the sum of 6498,141.»,
approximately half a millioa dollars;
and also providing for the payment
to Coos county by the United States
of 26 per cent of the net sum the gov-1
ernmsnt should receive from th at part
of the lands of th at g ran t'ly in g in
Cosa county when they were sold by I
the government, after paying the
Southern Oregon company or its as-1
signs for the extinguishment of its
titlg to the wagon read lands ondi
all ether expenses incurred in esanco-1
ties with the resumption of the gov-1
iru B in t title to thtirt
th ttr I
The city ebuncil was ays in made
complete with a full complement of ehration committees waf held a t the
city hall Wednesday evening a t which
time the various budgets of proposed
expenditures were submitted by the
and possibly
sub-committees. These budgets to-
EIGHTY-SIX
YEARS OLD
and advice will be of benefit to the
city generally in conducting its af
fairs. He will succeed Dr. Endieott
as chairman of the water committee
and as a member cf the Ordinance
and Finance committees.
The first buisness considered by the
council was the granting of a. fran
chise to Paul Ford to operate an auto
stage line over the city's streets on
the Bandon route. For this privilege
he ia to pgy $60 a year and must
asointain a schedule of least four
round trips a day whenever the
weather and condition of the reads
permit.
Ths ordinance creating a Park
Commission was unanimously adopt-
,od. * Under its provisions this com
mission has supervision over all pe,rks
md playgrounds belonging to the city
and will have the authority to erect
and manage the corn show building
for which funds are to be provided
other than from the city's general
fund. It will consist of five members
over to him.
The auto race committee are plan
ning on allowing net more than fif
teen entries for the race and proba
bly less to amke the start about'three
minutes apart. Sufficient patrolmen
will be employed to keep the high
way d ear during the hoar and a half
it io in progress. Two dosses have
been designated—light cars and
henr y ears—and a first prise of |76
and second of $26 has been offered
fop each dam .
The music committee has arranged
for a bond of 80 or 22 pieces, having
.. scared seven or eight musicians
from the Bay in addition to the local
players. John E. Bom, chairman of
this committee, says it will be the
beat local band Coquille has ever
heard. They will render popular airs
mpoughout the day and evening.
The float committee, which has one
of the hardest job* of all on its hands,
it visiting other towns of the county
with excellent success in yetting
floats and decorated ears lined up for
tha parade. They have pcopared the
following schedule of prism to be
offered which is attractive enough to
loam i the largest and most spec-
Duo to the weather end o defect in
At 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, At
the trope the ecorec nude by the in-
dividuol member* wore no where u i torney 8. D. Pulford had the misfor
to their uouol averages, end we ore tune to be passing along the walk be
unable to report what percentage each side 8. M. Nosier's grocery and had
shooter mode, but out of 600 possible only got port way under the wooden
shots for each team the Coquille club awning under which moat everyone
living In the east or north part of the
won over the visitor* by I t birds.
Those from Marshfield who parti
cipated were Peter Bue, Bon Chandler, so many hundreds of times during tits
W. C. Conrad, Chao. Fuller, L. L. I j post fifteen or twenty years, when his
Thomas, Wm. Ekblod, Geo. Larsot attention was attracted by a sort of
Frank Lace, Fred Smith, Jos. Conley growling, tearing and rumbling noise.
For a second he couldn't sense it, but
almost instantaneously he realised
that the awning was falling. Wheth
er to jump towards the wall of the
building or the street was a question,
ed to go over
b> • wink in favor of the
or a return
bwt he was not quick enough
probably oc- to *et from under. Ha says his sen-
action wm of being in the middle ef
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I the street with everything falling
will u .1— a I *round
but **• actually hadn't
got off the sidewalk. .
A piece of timber, probably one ef
- i-
I the rafters that upheld the structure
11 fell across the flat of his right foot—
I but fortunately broke no hone, though
I he has suffered intense pain from H
I and found walking very difficult! That
I wm a minor m atter, though, compar
i l i ^ I TC I ed with what happened to his unfor-
I tunate head. He wm probably be
tween two o{ the rafters a t the time,
ills Valley for if it had bean a two-by-four th at
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struck him he would hardly have
iggeet thing U twj to tell the story.
As it was
ipiille Valley | when the roof came down he wm
ill only shut bruised in half a dosen points, under
tore will be U t, hat as well as one on his thigh,
siile on that chough the heavy overcoat ho wore
led on this I furnished seam protection,
ho Bay side
The .hock wm so g n a t that ha
Municipal Floats—600 and HO.
Community Floats—HO and HO:
School Floats—620 and |20.
Business Floats—ISO, |20 and flO.
Clubs, Lodges and Fraternal Or
[ grades recommended by the city en
gineer and giving notice ef intention ganisations Floats
Decorated Cars—126, $16 and |10.
to MtoblilA them.
Most Unique Feature—626.
The date for hearing Mrs. H attie L
The Farade Committee is working
[ Bledsoe’s petition for the vocation of
ten feet on each sMo of Tihrd street with the Float committee in prepar
for the two blocks west a t Taylor wm ing for the parade.
by turning to Vol. 11. of the Records
The Burlesque committee is not ad
set for Monday, May 2.
of Coos County, pages 264 and 266,
vertising any of their stunts before
in which the m atter is set out in full,
hand, but they have all had experi
exactly m stated by Gee. W est In
ence m comedians , heretofore and
in them records a t a session in which
their part of the program will be
Jaim e Watson, county Judge; G. J .
entertaining.
Armstrong and Archie Philip, county
The Amusement committee, among
commissioners; L. W. Oddy, county
other things, are planning a program
dark, sad W. W. Gage; sheriff; ore
of street sports, including tug-of-war
stated to have been present the fol-
between Coos Bay and Coquille Val-
lay, free for all Taces, and High
School athletic contests.
Nothing definite has yet been
beard from Gov. Olcott and the State
I abated the nuisance a t th at time.
Highway Commission but positive as
I Mary J. Johnson—Next house surance of their present next Satur
south of Mr. Elliott's.
day is expected today or tomorrow
Mary J. Gallier—Next home south after the commissioner*’ meeting to
of Mrs. Johnson’s.
, Nellie F. Dement—Just east of Co- day-
At Marshfield the local committee
The American Legion committee ia
| quille Service Station.
mat with the executive committee ef
I The bid submitted by Wm. Peart preparing to handle the dance which, the Chamber of Commerce at dinner.
for the improvement of Beech street weather perm itting, will be held on The most active interest wm mani
from F irst to the Enowlton Haights’ their open-air platform near the Bet fested in all phases of the coming
bridge, wm 86c a yard for excavation, as pell. In case of rain Goulds’ Hall celebration. Committees to co-operate
has been reserved for the affair. Heg-
21 1-2 a quare foot for concrete side
with the Coquille committees were
dohl’s
orchestra will furnish the muo-
walks, |28 a thousand feet for plank
appointed. This applies principally
in place on the roadway, or 8776 for
to the floats and decorated ears,
Of the program of /music .and which it is hoped Marshfield, North
a lump sum bid. As this was higher
than the engineer’s estimate the bid speaking in the grove mention has Bend, Bandon and Myrtle Point win
not been mode, but it will be given enter for the parade.
was rejected.
Councilman Simpson and Gregg in our daily edition next week.
They were also greatly interested
rngrees above referred to;
Summer E xcuskm Rate*
All roads lead to Coquille. H it the in the auto race which is proving one
and Engineer Gould were appointed a
tripe across the con tin-
Monday the 8oathem Pacific au committee to supervise the construc highway on Saturday, April 80, and of the best advertising features of
d its the passage of this nounced the restoration of excursion tion of a municipal float for Coquille’*
the Jubilee. Two of the councilman,
rreement of Judge Mar- rates to all points east, the some as participation in the Highway Cele
who were seen, ware in favor of clos
idge Watson on or about m in force in 1917 before this coun- bration parade.
ing business completely on that day,
», th at he should receive try wont into the war.
and Mayor «Ferguson intimated that
Conditions
fai
California
it of the amount the gov-
Tickets will be sold from June 16
he would issue a holiday proclama
d Coos and Douglas corn- to August 16 and the time limit will
E. E. Johnson returned last Mon tion for the entire day. .
unt of the Southern Ore- be October 81. The old excursion rate
day from a ten days’ trip to Son
This morning the committee went
in the Coos Bay Wagon of one and one-third farm for the
Francisco. Hs soys there is a great
down
to Bandon to secure Hs promise
his presentation of his round trip will be restored.
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deal of building going on around the
119,686.88 against Ceos
This rule applies to all tronscontin-1 taxes’ that came in on 'o r before bay there and also in Loo Angeles but of co-operation in the day's doing* I
refusal of the County w tal railroads. Excursion rates from April 6, in time to evade the intsr- that the lumber m arket has not pick next Saturday.
r H and their issue of a the east on all lines were announced ,OTt p ^ t y .
Archie Walker, ths ed up very much yet.
Another Baby Clinic
I Elbert Bod* Coming to U m Boy'
11,000 to him in full pay- several months ago. Now ths west ( bookkeeper there, infoms us th at the
While down there he ran across
claim on May 4,19*0. and gets them, too. Gradually We are amount of 1920 taxes already turned Copt. A rthur Self, who is in com
Next Monday, April 26, there will
It ia reported by ths Ceos Bay
to accept the w arrant so settling down to old conditions.
over to Treasurer Dimmiek amounts mand of tha 8tanley Dollar running be another Baby Health Clinic held
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I to 8660,000 and that it is expect sd between Atlantic ports and Son at Coquille a t the city hall a t 10 a.
stands payment of that
Judge John 8. Coke and Court the amount collected by the 6th, but Francisco. Copt. Self is an old Coes m. Children will be weighed and re
iatereet thereon from stenographer Mrs. Nellie B. Scott I not yet an the books, will amount to county boy who waa raised on a ceive a thorough physical examina
, and costs.
! started today far Gold B en», where 660,000 more. Even se, that 8000,000 ranch a short distance above town, tion by one of our physicians. Miss
is Gov. W est’s suit was the April term ef the Curry county would be a little leas than half of the his father being J . B. Self. Mrs. Geo. Elisabeth Campbell, county nurse,
snty court hare adopted circuit court will convene next Mon- tw o taxes, which amount to 11,279,- Lester is Ms sister. Hs left the Co who is to conduct ths d in k , says
- order:
jday. It requires one overnight Stop MO.
Practically oB cf last year's quille volley 22 years ago.
Ths she is anxious th at th s mothers of all
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at Bandon and another a t P ert Or- taxes thus for paid
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Stanley Dollar is owe ef tha Dollar’s